--- title: When the fish were all taken out, he fetched the net which he had la… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the fish were all taken out, he fetched the net which he had laid out to dry, folded it up very small, and ran down to the river, hoping that he might find a place narrow enough for him to jump over; but he soon saw that it was too wide for even the best jumper in the world. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Hare, fish), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg3282:11:62 # text = When the fish were all taken out, he fetched the net which he had laid out to dry, folded it up very small, and ran down to the river, hoping that he might find a place narrow enough for him to jump over; but he soon saw that it was too wide for even the best jumper in the world. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 fetched fetch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 net net NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ _ 17 out out ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 dry dry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 folded fold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 up up ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 24 very very ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 29 down down ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 narrow narrow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ _ 42 enough enough ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 for for SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 47 over over ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 52 advmod _ _ 52 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 53 that that SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 55 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 56 too too ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 57 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 ccomp _ _ 58 for for ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 59 even even ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 62 amod _ _ 62 jumper jumper NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 63 in in ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take out** | past · passive | | the fish | | | | all *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **fetch** | past | Hare | the net | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent net=Theme | | 3 | **lay out** | past · perfect · passive | | the net | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | | 4 | **dry** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **fold up** | participle | Hare *not said here* | fish | | | | small *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 6 | **run down** | past | Hare *not said here* | | | | | to the river *result*; down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to river=Result | | 7 | **hope** | gerund | Hare *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 8 | **find** | might | Hare | a place | | | | narrow *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Topic | | 9 | **jump over** | to-infinitive | Hare | | | | | over *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **see** | past | Hare | | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **is** | past | fish | | | | | for the best jumper in the world; wide *property* | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/63/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/)